Basheer Nafi | 30 July 2016 | AR
The coup attempt not only targeted Turkey but was meant to put an end to the dynamic of democratic change in the region as a whole Two weeks ago, Turkey was subjected to a coup [...]
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 27 July 2016
Executive Summary On July 15th a group of soldiers inside the Turkish military—ordinarily an expert executioner of military coups d’état through the usual the chain of command—carried out the seventh coup attempt in Turkey’s checkered [...]
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 24 July 2016 | AR
Abstract : On the night of 15 July 2016, Turkey witnessed its bloodiest coup attempt in the history of the Republic. The very essence and symbols of Turkish democracy came under bombardment for the first [...]
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 22 July 2016
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 21 July 2016
Timeline of the Botched July 15th Coup
Omar Ashour | 21 July 2016 | AR
The lessons for Egypt are numerous and they will certainly affect the future of democratization in that country. "The Turkish Army Topples Erdogan", said the red headline of Al-Ahram's front page, the leading state-owned Egyptian newspaper [...]
Galip Dalay | 19 July 2016 | AR
Yet Another Instance of Islamic Exceptionalism? Tanks rolled down the street, state owned TV channels were taken over, dissenting media outlets were raided and silenced, president’s office was surrounded, the first ever democratically elected president [...]
Galip Dalay | 18 July 2016
When people of all persuasions stood against it, they turned a dark night into a bright morning for Turkish democracy. Now that the people have defeated this coup attempt, the politicians should remain vigilant and [...]
Mesut Ozcan | 18 July 2016
The fall of Mosul to ISIL in June 2014 shocked Iraq and the world. After the fall of this city, ISIL continued its advance for some months.
Basheer Nafi | 17 July 2016
Iran's tension with its Arab neighbours won't be ending any time soon The Iranian regional project is no longer just a geopolitical project but an ideological one too The dispute between Iran and most of [...]
